rs859

This is a downstream gene variant variant in the IL16 gene.

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GWAS Catalog Trait Associations (1)

Genome-wide significant associations (p < 5×10⁻⁸) from the NHGRI-EBI GWAS Catalog.

pro‐interleukin‐16 measurement

Folkersen L et al. “Genomic and drug target evaluation of 90 cardiovascular proteins in 30,931 individuals.” Nature Metabolism 2(10):1135-1148 (2020)

Allele A

OR 0.13

p 8.0e-40

N 21,758

Large GWAS

European

About IL16

The protein encoded by this gene is a pleiotropic cytokine that functions as a chemoattractant, a modulator of T cell activation, and an inhibitor of HIV replication. The signaling process of this cytokine is mediated by CD4. The product of this gene undergoes proteolytic processing, which is found to yield two functional proteins. The cytokine function is exclusively attributed to the secreted C-terminal peptide, while the N-terminal product may play a role in cell cycle control. Caspase 3 is reported to be involved in the proteolytic processing of this protein. Alternate splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2010]

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Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.

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